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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-green border stands at a silver shrine, touching an open book on the shrine's lower shelf. He wears a gold chain and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. Beside him stands a silver puja cabinet with pointed spires, behind it a framed picture of a deity and a small devotional print. On the altar cloth in front are brass bowls, a copper cup, bananas on a leaf, and plates of flower petals. A black speaker with blue lights sits to the right, and a row of garlanded deity figures in red cloth stands at the far right.

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A shirtless priest in white dhoti with a red-and-gold border stands at a silver shrine cabinet, holding a brass handbell in his left hand and gesturing with his right toward the open shrine. He has white sacred markings on his forehead and arms and a gold chain around his neck. Inside the cabinet is an open book on a red cloth. Above it hang a framed carved image and a small red framed picture. On a table draped in teal fabric sit brass plates with food offerings, a copper cup, a bunch of bananas on green leaves, and scattered pink petals. On the right, a row of small deity murtis in red garments with flower garlands stands along a shelf. A portable speaker with a glowing blue light sits in the centre. This is a puja at a shrine room with yellow-ochre walls.2024-09-22A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at left, performing aarti with a brass lamp held in his right hand before a small shrine. He wears a gold chain and a bangle, and white ash is smeared on his arms and chest. On the shrine are a framed black-and-white image, a smaller red-framed picture, and an open book on a stand. At right, a row of dark deity murtis wearing red cloth and white-and-pink garlands sit on a shelf, and a portable speaker stands on a table beside them. The wall is ochre with a white wall unit above.2024-09-22A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold-edged border stands bent forward at a table draped in red cloth, reaching toward a small silver shrine with an arched canopy. The table holds brass plates with betel leaves, bananas, a mango, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a brass lamp, a small brass cup and steel bowls. On the right, rows of black stone deity murtis in red cloth and white and pink garlands sit on tiered shelves, with a placard on a stand. A rudraksha mala hangs from his neck. A portable speaker and a framed picture sit in the background.2024-08-17A bare-chested priest in an off-white dhoti with a blue-edged border stands on a white tiled floor in a yellow-walled room, holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand and a bell-like object in his left. Along the left side a shrine altar holds deity murtis draped in garlands of red and orange flowers, brass vessels, plates and a lit oil lamp in a brass tray. A framed print of a goddess seated on a lotus with gold coins and lamps hangs on the wall, beside a framed photograph of a figure in red robes seated on a chair. A rudraksha mala hangs on his chest and his forehead bears ash markings.2021-07-03A photograph inside a small shrine room with yellow walls and white floor tiles. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange border and white sacred ash lines on his body, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands bent over an altar performing worship with his hands. The altar holds a framed painted figure of a seated man with long hair and a crown-like headdress, several small deity murtis, a brass lamp with a lit flame, brass plates, small bowls and marigold garlands in red and yellow. Decorative paper diyas are stuck to the ornate arch behind the altar.2021-06-28A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with yellow-orange border stands in a yellow-walled room, holding a bell in one hand and lighting a small flame or lamp with the other at a shrine. On the left, a large framed image of a deity with a garland, gold ornaments and brass deity figures sit on a tiled altar with brass plates, a kalasha-style vessel and flower petals. Framed pictures on the wall show a goddess in red with multiple hands and a robed figure in orange. A rudraksha mala hangs around his neck. Ritual puja with aarti in a home shrine.2021-06-27KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/3/20212021-07-03A bare-chested elderly man in a white dhoti stands at a brass puja tray on a red-brown cloth, holding pink flower petals in both hands. He wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace. On the tray are a brass lamp, a brass bell, small steel containers, bananas and apples, and scattered petals. Behind him are golden deity murtis and an arched shrine with floral garlands, and a sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. The setting suggests a temple puja, with the man as a priest offering petals.2024-10-19KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/27/20212021-06-27KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/29/20212021-10-29A photograph inside a temple shrine room. An older man with a bare upper torso, a white dhoti, a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch stands bent over at a white counter, pouring liquid from a brass vessel onto a metal tray. The tray holds a small figure decorated with orange and white marigold garlands and a red cloth. Brass oil lamps, a small brass pot and steel bowls of offerings sit nearby. Behind him, golden deity figures and statues stand on pedestals, and a sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. The setting is a ritual abhishekam or puja.2024-11-16KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/3/20212021-07-03